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Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek was a Slovenian philosopher, cultural studies scholar, sociologist, university teacher, essayist and psychoanalyst (born 1949).

Also recorded as Slavoj Zizek · Zizek · Slavoj Krečič Žižek

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek 2015 at the Bookfair of Leipzig presenting his new book "Some Blasphemic Reflexions"

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Biography

The authorities additionally record the headings Slavoj Zizek, Zizek and Slavoj Krečič Žižek. His recorded languages were Serbo-Croatian, French, English and German. His recorded confession was atheism.

He married Renata Salecl and Jela Krečič.

Slavoj Žižek worked in ideology, political science, Marxism, film theory and ontology. His work is associated with Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanianism.

He was employed by European Graduate School, Birkbeck, University of London and University of Ljubljana. He belonged to Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He worked at Ljubljana.

Slavoj Žižek is recorded as having received Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia and Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes.

Slavoj Žižek studied at Bežigrad Grammar School, University of Ljubljana and Paris 8 University. The recorded working language is Serbo-Croatian, French and English.

The field of work recorded is ideology, political science and Marxism. Louis Althusser, Alain Badiou and G. K. Chesterton are recorded as an influence.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Ljubljana. Employment is recorded with European Graduate School, Birkbeck, University of London and University of Ljubljana.

Distinctions recorded are Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia and Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes.

Slavoj Zizek in Athens, 3/10/2007

Slavoj Zizek in Athens, 3/10/2007

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Slavoj Zizek in Liverpool

Slavoj Zizek in Liverpool

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Life and career

Explore 1949–2023

  1. 1949

    Life

    Slavoj Žižek was born in 1949 at Ljubljana.

  2. 1992

    Institution

    Goza tu síntoma Jacques Lacan dentro y fuera de Holliwood (1992) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  3. 1992

    Institution

    Goza tu síntoma Jacques Lacan dentro y fuera de Holliwood digitised by Internet Archive.

  4. 2000

    Institution

    The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology (2000) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  5. 2004

    What's the matter with Kansas? is dated 2004.

  6. 2005

    Institution

    Zizek, S.-Bienvenidos al Desierto de lo Real, Madrid, 2005. (2005) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  7. 2009

    Institution

    Slavoj Zizek RSA Animate First As Tragedy, Then As Farce (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  8. 2011

    Institution

    El más sublime de los histéricos (2011) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  9. 2011

    Institution

    El más sublime de los histéricos digitised by Internet Archive.

  10. 2015

    Institution

    Zizek At Princeton On April 2015 (2015) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  11. 2015

    Institution

    Zizek At Princeton On April 2015 digitised by Internet Archive.

  12. 2016

    Institution

    Zizek, S.: La Nueva Lucha de Clases. Los Refugiados y el Terror, México, 2016. (2016) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  13. 2018

    Institution

    La vigencia de el manifiesto comunista (2018) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  14. 2018

    Institution

    La vigencia de el manifiesto comunista digitised by Internet Archive.

  15. 2023

    Institution

    Hipocresía (2023) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  16. 2023

    Institution

    Hipocresía digitised by Internet Archive.

The full dated record · 16 entries
  1. 1949

    Slavoj Žižek was born in 1949 at Ljubljana.

  2. 1992

    Goza tu síntoma Jacques Lacan dentro y fuera de Holliwood (1992) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  3. 1992

    Goza tu síntoma Jacques Lacan dentro y fuera de Holliwood digitised by Internet Archive.

  4. 2000

    The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology (2000) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  5. 2004

    What's the matter with Kansas? is dated 2004.

  6. 2005

    Zizek, S.-Bienvenidos al Desierto de lo Real, Madrid, 2005. (2005) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  7. 2009

    Slavoj Zizek RSA Animate First As Tragedy, Then As Farce (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  8. 2011

    El más sublime de los histéricos (2011) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  9. 2011

    El más sublime de los histéricos digitised by Internet Archive.

  10. 2015

    Zizek At Princeton On April 2015 (2015) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  11. 2015

    Zizek At Princeton On April 2015 digitised by Internet Archive.

  12. 2016

    Zizek, S.: La Nueva Lucha de Clases. Los Refugiados y el Terror, México, 2016. (2016) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  13. 2018

    La vigencia de el manifiesto comunista (2018) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  14. 2018

    La vigencia de el manifiesto comunista digitised by Internet Archive.

  15. 2023

    Hipocresía (2023) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  16. 2023

    Hipocresía digitised by Internet Archive.

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Zizek, S.: La Nueva Lucha de Clases. Los Refugiados y el Terror, México, 2016. Zizek, S.-Bienvenidos al Desierto de lo Real, Madrid, 2005.

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Slavoj Žižek as Internet Philosopher, Does the Internet Have an Unconscious?: Slavoj Žižek and Digital Culture. Žižek live, Slavoj Žižek: Live Theory. Žižek on others: others on Žižek, Slavoj Žižek: Live Theory. Politics of Negativity in Slavoj Žižek: Actualizing Some Hegelian Themes, Slavoj Žižek and Dialectical Materialism, 2016. Gozo Organizado no Carnaval, Licere, 2017. « Quelque chose d’inaudible à propos d’un prophète et d’un hamster »: le terrorisme à la Mathias Énard, Convergences Francophones, 2023. Reescritura e intertextualidad en «Pequeñas mujercitas» de Solange Rodríguez Pappe, Brumal: Revista de Investigación sobre lo Fantástico, 2025. Dynamics of testimony and mythical violence in “Sou eu mais livre, então: diário de um preso político angolano”, by Luaty Beirão, Gragoatá, 2020.

  • L’écran noir

  • Slavoj Žižek, le cinéma et l’idéologie, Autour de Slavoj Žižek, 2010

  • Hegel im verdrahteten Gehirn von Slavoj Žižek, Medienimpulse, 2020

  • Bir Roman Uyarlaması Olarak Tersine Dünya Filmindeki Toplumsal Cinsiyet Güldürüsü Üzerine Bir İnceleme, İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi, 2017

  • Dialogismo y síntoma en Abel de Alexis Moreno, Aisthesis, 2008

  • Castro-Gómez, Santiago

  • Revoluciones sin sujeto

  • Slavoj Žižek y la crítica del historicismo postmoderno, Ideas y Valores, 2016

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Slavoj Žižek studied at Bežigrad Grammar School, University of Ljubljana and Paris 8 University. The record notes the qualification doctorate in France. His recorded influences include Louis Althusser, Alain Badiou, G. K. Chesterton, Božidar Debenjak and Sigmund Freud.

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